Re: reducing NUMERIC size for 9.1

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Thom Brown <thombrown(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com>, Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: reducing NUMERIC size for 9.1
Date: 2010-07-16 16:03:27
Message-ID: 68BC8B47-11DD-48E7-BD9A-BF8998E9B93E@kineticode.com
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On Jul 16, 2010, at 6:17 AM, Thom Brown wrote:

> Joy! :) Nice patch Robert.

Indeed.

What are the implications for pg_upgrade? Will a database with values created before the patch continue to work after the patch has been applied (as happened with the new hstore in 9.0), or will pg_upgrade need to be taught how to upgrade the old storage format?

Best,

David

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